Charles Cadogan, 2nd Baron Cadogan to Hans Sloane – March 19, 1720
Item info
Date: March 19, 1720 Author: Charles Cadogan, 2nd Baron Cadogan Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4045 Folio: ff. 300-301
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Language
English
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Medical, Social, Travel
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Subjects
Germany
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Date (as written)
March 19, 1720
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
Hannover
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Others mentioned
Mrs Rose
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Patients mentioned
Frederick, Prince of Wales
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Transcription
Cadogan informs Sloane that they arrived in Hanover yesterday. Prince Frederic ‘is indeed a wonder of his age’ and can ‘speake English so well’. Cadogan is to leave for Berlin tomorrow and wants Sloane to give ‘the Letters to [his] wife’. Charles Cadogan (1685-1776), 2nd Baron Cadogan was the younger brother of William Cadogan, Earl Cadogan, who was an army officer and diplomat. Charles was an army officer, elected MP for Reading in 1716, and married Sir Hans Sloane’s daughter Elizabeth in 1717 (James Falkner, Cadogan, William, Earl Cadogan (1671/21726), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/4310, accessed 15 July 2013]).
Patient Details
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Patient info
Name: N/A Frederick, Prince of Wales
Gender:
Age: -
Description
The Prince had a cold.
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Diagnosis
It 'was fear'd [the cold] wou'd turne to the smallpox'.
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Treatment
Previous Treatment:
Ongoing Treatment:
Response: -
More information
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Medical problem reference
Smallpox, Colds